One’s a hero and the other two are just hostile—at least, according to a taxpayer watchdog group.

According to the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, North Carolina has a “hero” Senator and a “hostile” Senator when it comes to spending our money. Turns out we also have a “hostile” Congressman when it comes to spending.

The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team is a support unit, whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county. The ACE team conducts driving while impaired and driver’s license checkpoints, as well as street-level investigations on controlled substances.

While most Brunswick Community College students were gearing up for school—locating classrooms, buying books, meeting their professors—BCC freshman Aaron Baker spent the night before the first day of class, and three nights after that, in jail.

Charged with second-degree rape on Aug. 15, and under a $100,000 secured bond, Baker’s classmates began the next chapter of their scholastic lives while he sat in jail for four nights before being cleared of the charge.

The second football season for South Brunswick High School head coach Roman Kelley begins 7:30 p.m. Friday at Midway.

“I’m very excited about the season,” he said. “Our kids have worked really hard during the summer, and we are looking to take the season, one game at a time. We have our first game with Midway and then Ashley comes into town, and then we go on from there.”

The Cougars squared off Friday in the BB&T Jamboree against New Hanover High School, who went to the eastern finals last year.

Despite having graduated six players who have accepted college offers, and despite losing two linemen to offseason knee injuries, West Brunswick High School football coach Jimmy Fletcher has high expectations for this season.

“I know we won eight last year,” he said, “but I want to be better. I want to win the conference. I want to take it to the next level in the playoffs.”

West returns five starters on offense, including most of the backfield.

LELAND—The high school football season starts Friday, and former East Carolina University and New England Patriots’ running back Tony Collins talked Saturday to North Brunswick and Topsail football players about the college football recruiting process.

“If you have not received a letter from a college and you’re starting, guess what? (College coaches) don’t know who you are,” he said. “They don’t know where you are. So you got to get the process started.”